Nokia 6600 :- The start of a new era!

When i say "the start of a new era", it means the commencement of your entry into the world of Symbian Operating Systems, coz this mobile is the best "tool" to learn, understand and utilize the Symbian technology.

Before I embark into the Symbian world, let's get thru the pros & cons of the 6600.

+ve Points :-

--> Attractive Look : Although you'll find enough no of people to go against this point, yet I say this on a collective effort, this mobile has the fair looks! Although the camera boast of only 0.3 Megapixel, (760*480 = 0.3M! Hopefully now you should understand what that Megapixel term means! :-)) )
the big screen gives it a nice look!

That's all! Surprised? Coz all the other good features this mobile gives comes due to symbian technology!

-ve Points :-

Before venturing into the cons of this mobile, please keep in mind that this mobile was released years ago, at a whooping cost of 25k+ (Current price is around 8k+) in an era when people were content with Nokia 3315 and motorola C100. At that time the features it provided are a gem of all sorts!

--> No FM! : What to say? No fm!

--> Mono Output : I can't figure this out why Nokia missed this point out. Such a good mobile with mono output completely spoils the usage of this mobile as an mp3 player...

--> 10 second video + No mp3 player! : Is it so? Looks can be deceiving! Read on!

Apart from this, it has the regular features, expandable memory(SD Memory - Cheapest), bluetooth, infrared, 64k screen...


Symbian OS :-

Why the hell are we discussing OS and stuff in a mobile review? Coz an OS runs the mobile, every mobile; even your old 3315 or C100! The difference here is in most normal mobiles (non-symbian) all the required applications are hardcored into a read-only memory into ur mobile. Result? You can't change or remove the basic applications. But here comes the change in Symbian phones. Just like in a normal operating system, we can install various 3rd party applications, games, themes, and other utilities.

For e.g. as we have Winamp for Windows, similarly we have the highly successful Ultra Mp3! The basic phone has only 10 seconds of video recording, and no mp3 player one would say. But CamcoderPro & Ultra Mp3 applications overcome this handicap.

A few examples of applications available are :
1. SeleQ
2. Ultra MP3
3. PVPlayer
4. CameraXPro
5. CamcoderPro
6. pExtender
7. SmartMovie
8. Stacker
9. JJLkeylock
10. PhoneSecurity
11. PhotoID
12. AvantGo
13. Ringtone Studio
14. Hair Style
15. Mate Finder
16. PhotoSMS
17. sVCard
18. Mumsms
19. eBibile
20. Handy File
21. Handy Shopper
22. RS60
23. Mp3Player
24. Ogg Player

Most of these applications are third party, i.e. you need to buy them. But some of them are freeware (for e.g. the last one "Ogg Player" is a very good open source music player which uses the "ogg" format (a format similar to mp3). An alternative to all this would be searching for cracked versions, most of them are easily available in the net. The final decision lies with you! :-))

A very good feature of symbian mobiles (which all these third party applications use in their applications) is it's internal setup as an normal computer hard disk. Just like in our computers, the main operating system is setup in the main drive (C drive usually), and the other drives are to keep other data, similarly in the mobile all the basic applications are setup in the main (C) drive. Now if you want to replace some of the internal function, (Say you want the mobile to play a video instead of a ringtone when a call comes) you need to add the required files at the exact path but on the memory card (E drive generally). (for e.g. if the ringtone player is at C://System/Apps/Ringtone/, then the video player should be at E://System/Apps/Ringtone/)


Final verdict you would ask? Well from a staggering 25k this mobile is now available at a handy 8k. If you don't have the cash for high end (1-2 megapixel) mobiles, then definately go for this mobile. It's worth that 8000 bucks!